A giant cosmic looking tortilla that holds many cosmologies, tied cosmologies that have traveled through time and space. A tortilla ties the land and time relationship of a plant (teosinte, the undomesticated plant that gave origin to what we now know as maize around 12,000 years ago)  with other organisms such as fungi, insects, animals, and people. 

Salt surrounds the tortilla as a protector of the histories that exist and persist as a result of the sustenance of the tortilla. For me, a tortilla is a portal that allows me to thank my ancestors for their appreciation and interaction with nature, which sustained their lives and allowed them to flourish in diverse cultures. 

Two materials hang on the wall; papyrus and banana leaves. Representing additional stories of nature’s transformation that have shaped the world due to humans interacting with plants.